Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 213

She snorted, before she burst out into laughter, slapping her knee.

“Her? Know about your feelings?” Madeline said in between laughs.

Adrian’s frown turned into a pout, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Madeline waved her hand dismissively, telling him whilst fighting the urge to laugh again, “Sorry, sorry. I’m not supposed to be laughing right now. I just– You’re hilarious.”

“I don’t get it.”

“Briar doesn’t know, because she’s just as oblivious as you. And funnily enough, she used to mock me for my feelings towards Xavier. So is that what you came to ask me about, or did you come to ask about something else and I strayed away from that?”

“I just wanted to ask you…”

Adrian looked around warily, making sure there was absolutely no one who would overhear what he was about to say.

“Just say it already.”

He leaned closer to her, whispering something in her ear.

Madeline gasped in surprise. She managed to stutter out, “O-oh.”

Her expression soon turned into a smirk.

After they talked it through, Madeline headed back to her quarters, before she heard a voice greet her cheerily, “Madeline, yoohoo!”

She took a deep breath, shutting her eyes, “He’s not here, he’s not here.”

Whenever she thought of him, all she could see was Xavier. Hearing his voice, she had originally thought it was Xavier calling her, but Xavier didn’t call her Madeline that often. However, Lawrence did.

“But I am.”

“Shoo! Go away.”

“Yeah, I’m not leaving. Telling me to go away won’t do anything, I’m staying,” Lawrence insisted.

Madeline crossed her arms, “What do I have to do to get you to go?”

“If I go, your chance to get embarrassing stories of Xavier.”

“How dare you use it to get me to not ask you to leave me be,” Madeline said irritatedly.

“I can use something else to make you not want me to leave.”

That remark managed to get Madeline to whip around and glare at him.

“I’m not interested in you.”

“You don’t have to be, no strings attached.”

“Xavier punched you, did he not? I watched him. Unless he didn’t actually do that.”

Lawrence brought his hand up to his cheek, “Yeah, I remember that too.”

“So why–”

He shrugged, “Because most women wouldn’t hesitate and would jump at the chance to let me–”

“Please don’t finish that sentence, for both our sakes.”

“Then, how was your date?” Lawrence questioned.

Madeline narrowed her eyes, “It went perfectly.”

She eyed the door leading to her quarters, Briar was waiting for her.

The moment Lawrence caught her eyeing her door, he chuckled, “If you really want to do me, you don’t have to hide it.”

His words didn’t seem to faze Madeline. If anything, they managed to annoy her more than amuse her.

“I’m with Xavier.”

“I don’t see a ring on your finger.”

“Womaniser,” Madeline muttered under her breath.

Lawrence shrugged, “Hey, it takes guts saying what I say.”

Madeline looked him up and down, realising he looked dishevelled. Her face turned pale.

“Stay away from me.”

He ran a finger through his hair, tidying it up.

“I don’t wanna know,” Madeline said before she walked into her quarters.

“It’s rude to just leave people alone!” Lawrence exclaimed.

She rolled her eyes, wishing him goodbye before she closed the door behind her.

“Got held up talking to Ronan numero uno,” Madeline explained to Briar.

Raising her brow, she asked, “What did he say to you?”

“He’s the same.”

“Still trying to get you in bed with him?”

“What do you think is the answer to that question?” Madeline asked sarcastically, her hands planted on her hips.

Briar snorted, “Are you trying to distract me from what you talked to Adrian about?”

“If I were, I’d dodge this question,” Madeline answered.

“Good point.”

“But I can’t tell you what we talked about either,” she admitted.

Frowning, Briar asked, “Why would you tell me that unless you’d want to rouse my interest? You could’ve hidden that from me…”

Madeline walked over to Briar and gave her a quick hug, “You’ll see.”

Briar narrowed her eyes, “A hint. One hint.”

“I wish I could.”

“Not even one small hint?”

Madeline told her, “You’ll see, I promise.”

Briar sighed, “Fine, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.”

A part of her knew that if Madeline was keeping something from her, it had to be vital enough to keep a secret.

She looked over at the teddy bear Xavier had gotten her and grinned. She exhaled, “Did you know Xavier won me that teddy bear from a claw machine?”

Briar snorted, envisioning Xavier desperately trying to win that teddy bear from a claw machine and getting more and more frustrated with every time he lost.

“Did you want the teddy bear?”

Madeline nodded, “I did want the bear, because it reminds me of him.”

Staring at the bear, Briar wondered how that teddy bear reminded Madeline of Xavier. Was it because Xavier’s personality reminded her of a teddy bear? Was it something else?

“We should have another girl’s night,” she suggested.

Briar grinned, “Agreed.”

She also wanted to bring up something else.

“Should we visit Indiana?”

Madeline seemed shocked that Briar had suggested it. She had never thought of the both of them going to visit Indiana. It was mostly just her.

Briar had refused to visit Indiana – not because she didn’t want to see Indiana ever again or anything like that. It was simply because her heart ached whenever she thought of her fallen friend.

Indiana was gone. She had come to terms with that, but at the same time, she had wished Indiana her goodbyes already. Seeing Indiana again… even if it was at the place her tomb was situated…

“If that’s what you want, of course, let’s do that,” Madeline said, a soft smile on her face.

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Author’s Note: How’s everyone feeling? What do you guys think will happen next? Will Adrian do something about his and Briar’s current standing? Will Lawrence find love? Comment your thoughts down below!

Love you all, mari.